A match between Cole Konrad and Paul Buentello has been added to Bellator 48 lineup. Ricco Rodriguez vs. Seth Petruzelli, also slated for the event.

Bellator seems to be making their upcoming featherweight tournament more thrilling, as they have added two tremendous fights for the Bellator 48 card.

Joined on the list is former UFC heavyweight champion, Ricco Rodriguez, and Seth Petruzelli. Ricco Rodriguez won his fight over TUF alum, James McSweeney, at the Bamma 5, but has been arrested after the event due to allegedly assaulting a cab driver. Seth Petruzelli, on the other hand, lost two fights before taking back his victory during a match against Dave Mewborn at WEF 46.

Due to back injury, Paul Buentello will not be able to face Cole Konrad at Bellator 42 as originally anticipated. Fans need to wait longer for the superfight to take place.

Paul Buentello acquired a back injury, and will not be able to compete against Cole Konrad for Bellator 42. That said, the promotion scrapped their superfight and it will be rescheduled on a later date this year. In lieu of the televised Buentello vs Konrad superfight is a light heavyweight brawl between DJ Linderman and Richard Hale.

The televised card also features the Bellator debut of British featherweight, Ronnie Mann, against Josh Arocho. Also included in the card is another light heavyweight tournament, pitting Tim Carpenter and Christian M’Pumbu. A bantamweight duel between Luiz Alberto Nogueira and Jerod Spoon will likely be part of the main card.

Bellator 42 will take place on April 23 at the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Oklahoma. The event’s main card will air live at MTV2.

Another fighter steps in for Bellator Fighting Championships, as Blagoi Ivanov decided to move his MMA career forward under the promotion's banner.

Yesterday, Bellator Fighting Championships announced that Bulgarian heavyweight fighter – Blagoi Ivanov – has inked his contract under the promotion. The 24-year-old Sambo specialist currently trains at Tapout Training Center in Las Vegas. Blagoi Ivanov is expected to make his debut for Bellator later this year.

Blagoi Ivanov won the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championship for the heavyweight division after defeating Fedor Emelianenko for a title. The following year, he defeated Kazuyuki Fujita at Sengoku Raiden Championship. His most recent fight was a victory over Svetoslav Zahariev at a local Bulgarian event.

“I can’t wait to have the chance to show what I’m capable of to all of the Bellator fans watching on MTV2 all across the United States. I’m already hard at work preparing for my first fight with Bellator. My ultimate goal is to fight Cole Konrad for the Bellator world heavyweight championship. My mission is to become the Bellator champion, and that’s what I intend to do.”

Three fighters from Bellator took home the bacon after going through a tough fight. Cole Konrad, Zach Makovsky and Michael Chandler are definitely dazzled right now after being declared champion.

In a heavyweight title, two-time NCAA wrestling champ, Cole Konrad, took home the bacon after submitting Neil Grove via key-lock in first round. Konrad took down Grove twice in their brief encounter. The former then grounded the South African near the cage and rattled him with his hammer-fists. Afterwards, Konrad isolated an arm, did the key-lock and waited for the tap out.

Meanwhile, EliteXC veteran, Zack Makovsky, survived a first-round knee strike from Ed West before capturing the bantamweight championship. Finally, Michael Chandler outperformed Chris Page in less than a minute with a standing guillotine choke. After 57 seconds, Page surrendered and Chandler grabs the lightweight gold.

The Bellator Season 3 Semifinals heavyweight tournament already have Neil Grove. Now, next on the list are Damian Grabowski and Cole Konrad. Only one more left, and we're set to putting our money on. So, who's your bet?

Damian Grabowski and Cole Konrad will advance to the semifinals of Bellator Season 3 heavyweight tournament, as both won last Thursday night. They will join Neil Grove and the winner from the Mike Hayes versus Alexey Oleinik match scheduled next week.

Grabowski is an undefeated Polish fighter making an US debut. Though he looks like having the size and strength deficit against Scott Barett, he proved that he have too well-rounded a game for his opponent to handle. He easily won a unanimous decision with a score of 30-27 on all of the judges’ card. Konrad is a former NCAA heavyweight wrestler, who also won a 30-27 score from the judges after defeating Rogent Lloret. Due to lack of action, both Grabowski and Konrad still has a long way to run before becoming the darling of the crowd.